Publication Date:
1998-07-10
Description:
A new method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based on the detection of relatively strong signal from intermolecular zero-quantum coherences (iZQCs) is reported. Such a signal would not be observable in the conventional framework of magnetic resonance; it originates in long-range dipolar couplings (10 micrometers to 1 millimeter) that are traditionally ignored. Unlike conventional MRI, where image contrast is based on variations in spin density and relaxation times (often with injected contrast agents), contrast with iZQC images comes from variations in the susceptibility over a distance dictated by gradient strength. Phantom and in vivo (rat brain) data confirm that iZQC images give contrast enhancement. This contrast might be useful in the detection of small tumors, in that susceptibility correlates with oxygen concentration and in functional MRI.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Warren, W S -- Ahn, S -- Mescher, M -- Garwood, M -- Ugurbil, K -- Richter, W -- Rizi, R R -- Hopkins, J -- Leigh, J S -- GM35253/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- RR02305/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- RR08079/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jul 10;281(5374):247-51.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1009, USA. wwarren@princeton.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9657717" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Brain/*anatomy & histology/physiology
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Brain Mapping
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Brain Neoplasms/*pathology
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging/*methods
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Magnetics
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Mathematics
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Phantoms, Imaging
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Rats
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
